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Meaning of "red kite" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF RED KITE

red kite  [rɛd kaɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RED KITE

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Red kite is a noun.
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WHAT DOES RED KITE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

red kite

Red kite

The red kite is a medium-large bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, which also includes many other diurnal raptors such as eagles, buzzards, and harriers. The species is currently endemic to the Western Palearctic region in Europe and northwest Africa, though formerly also occurred just outside in northern Iran. It is resident in the milder parts of its range in western Europe and northwest Africa, but birds from northeastern and central Europe winter further south and west, reaching south to Turkey. Vagrants have reached north to Finland and south to Israel, Libya and Gambia.

Definition of red kite in the English dictionary

The definition of red kite in the dictionary is a large, rare, bird of prey, Milvus milvus, of parts of Europe and Africa: family Accipitridae.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH RED KITE


Amalekite
əˈmæləˌkaɪt
arkite
ˈɑːkaɪt
blatherskite
ˈblæðəˌskaɪt
brookite
ˈbrʊkaɪt
flinkite
ˈflɪŋkaɪt
hellkite
ˈhɛlˌkaɪt
hydrozincite
ˌhaɪdrəʊˈzɪŋkaɪt
kight
kaɪt
kite
kaɪt
larvikite
ˈlɑːvɪˌkaɪt
laurvikite
ˈlɔːvɪˌkaɪt
malachite
ˈmæləˌkaɪt
monchiquite
mɒnˈʃiːkaɪt
perovskite
pɛˈrɒvskaɪt
phenakite
ˈfɛnəˌkaɪt
riebeckite
ˈriːbəˌkaɪt
skyte
skaɪt
trachyte
ˈtreɪkaɪt
unakite
ˈjuːnəˌkaɪt
zincite
ˈzɪŋkaɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RED KITE

red gum
red gurnard
red hat
red heat
red herring
Red Indian
red jasmine
red kangaroo
red kowhai
red lead
red light
red line
red man
red matipo
red meat
red men
red mercury
red mist

WORDS THAT END LIKE RED KITE

black kite
box kite
burkite
fly a kite
go fly a kite
high as a kite
on the skite
parakite
power kite
samarskite
skite
stunt kite

Synonyms and antonyms of red kite in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «red kite» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RED KITE

Find out the translation of red kite to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of red kite from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «red kite» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

红风筝
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

milano real
570 millions of speakers

English

red kite
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

लाल पतंग
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

طائرة ورقية حمراء
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

красный коршун
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

papagaio vermelho
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

লাল কুট
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

cerf-volant rouge
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Layang merah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

red Kite
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

赤い凧
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

레드 카이트
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Layang abang
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

diều đỏ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சிவப்பு கொடி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लाल पतंग
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kırmızı uçurtma
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

aquilone rosso
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

red Kite
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

червоний шуліка
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

zmeu roșu
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ψαλιδάρης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

rooi vlieër
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

röd glada
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

red Kite
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RED KITE»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «RED KITE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about red kite

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RED KITE»

Discover the use of red kite in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to red kite and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Red Kite, Blue Kite
When Tai Shan and his father, Baba, are separated during China's Cultural Revolution, they are able to stay close by greeting one another every day with flying kites until Baba, like the kites, can be free again. Includes historical notes.
Ji-li Jiang, 2013
2
Flying a Red Kite
By the '40s, Hood had discovered Pocketbooks, and, in particular, My Life and Hard Times(included in The Thurber Carnival) which led first to a story called 'Recollections of the Works Department' and later to some of the methods employed ...
Hugh Hood, 1987
3
A Red Kite in a Pale Sky
Hanging onto the tree, Lawrence looked down in awe.
Dianne Hofmeyr, 1990
4
The Berenstain Bears and the big red kite
The Bear family learns to make and fly a kite.
Stan Berenstain, Jan Berenstain, 1995
5
The Canadian Short Story: Interpretations
12: The Modernist Aesthetic: Hugh Hood, "Flying a Red Kite" (1962) Jutta Zimmermann (University of Jena) IN SPITE OF CRITICAL Controversy over Hugh Hood's place in Canadian literary history, it is safe to say that his literary oeuvre ...
Reingard M. Nischik, 2007
6
Red Kite Country: A Celebration of the Wildlife and ...
The printing and production of this book are of the highest quality, and great care has been taken to reproduce the images as faithfully as possible.
Colin Woolf, 2004
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Conserving Living Natural Resources: In the Context of a ...
They seek to restore populations in habitats from which they have disappeared or to augment populations where they have declined. Box 9.3 describes the results of a translocation program aimed at returning the red kite to parts of its former ...
Bertie J. Weddell, 2002
8
The Helm Guide to Bird Identification
Black. Kite. Milvus. migrans. Structure and flight It is essential that Black Kites are identified with care and only those seen well should be claimed. Red Kite should be used as the yardstick. Black Kite shares Red ...
Keith Vinicombe, 2014
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A Country Pillow Book
58, 142, 329, 380, 458 red kite chick, Gremlin 222 red kite chicks 423 red kite chicks webeam 142 red kite conservation sucoess 309 red kite creates stir 373 red kite flight record 368 red kite poisoned 222 red kite shot 466 red kite tug- ofmar ...
David Kavanagh, 2006
10
Adventure Tourism
The significance of the red kite to the tourism industry is now being investigated in more detail, and it has been estimated that there were some 250000 staying visitors and some 750000 day visits to rural mid-Wales in the late 1990s.
Colin Beard, John Swarbrooke, Suzanne Leckie, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RED KITE»

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Glen Esk skinnydippers caught out as red kites steal underwear to …
But a gamekeeper at the popular bathing spot near Glen Esk in Angus, Scotland, solved the mystery when he chanced upon the nest of a local pair of red kites. «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
2
Album review: Red Kite by Sarah Cracknell
All in all, Red Kite is a gorgeously bright record, reminiscent of the folk tracks on Saint Etienne's third album, Tiger Bay. Here is a record that is perfect for long ... «Yorkshire Evening Post, Jun 15»
3
Sarah Cracknell: Red Kite review – chic whimsy with a heavy heart
The nervous energy of the after-party lingered amid Sarah Cracknell's 1997 debut Lipslide – but her second solo album finds the Saint Etienne vocalist escaping ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
4
First Listen: Sarah Cracknell, 'Red Kite'
Sarah Cracknell made her solo debut on a rare 1987 single called "Love Is All You Need." Redolent of swinging-'60s London, the title hinted at the gift on which ... «NPR, Jun 15»
5
Red Kite co-founder plans new Orion metals fund - sources
Mike Sheehan, precious metals portfolio manager at Red Kite's RK Capital Management, will join the yet-to-be-named fund when he leaves Red Kite at the end ... «Reuters, May 15»
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Metals hedge fund Red Kite loses copper trader Heimowitz
"Due to market changes and company restructuring, today was my last day at Red Kite after 10 years," Heimowitz, who is based in New York, said in a text ... «Reuters, Apr 15»
7
Red kites: from the brink of extinction to life in the burbs
After persecuting them nearly to extinction, mankind is helping red kites make an incredible comeback, with thousands of suburban bird lovers now feeding the ... «Channel 4 News, Apr 15»
8
Red kites 'commute' into town for meat handouts
Around 300 red kites “commute” into Reading each day for food as residents put out pieces of meat rather than traditional seed to tempt them, researchers have ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Apr 15»
9
Red Kite Flies High in Copper Market
Red Kite Group, a U.K. hedge-fund firm run by longtime traders Michael Farmer and David Lilley, may be tiny compared with trading firms such as Glencore PLC ... «Wall Street Journal, Jan 15»
10
From 'Mr Copper' to Lord Farmer, metals trading legend becomes …
The co-founder of the Red Kite Group, an over $2 billion metals trading and investment firm, will remain "in the thick" of the metals business even after becoming ... «Reuters UK, Aug 14»

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